Time Quotes by Vincent Van Gogh

... life is too short to do the whole.

— Vincent Van Gogh

At times it is not easy for me to take up living again.

— Vincent Van Gogh

To paint nature you must be in it a long time.

— Vincent Van Gogh

The painter of the future will be a colorist unlike anything yet.

— Vincent Van Gogh

To do good work one must eat well, be well housed, have one's fling from time to time, smoke one's pipe, and…

— Vincent Van Gogh

It is looking at things for a long time that ripens you and gives you a deeper meaning.

— Vincent Van Gogh

For great things do not done just happen by impulse but are a succession of small things linked together.

— Vincent Van Gogh

You can't be at the pole and the equator at the same time. You must choose your own line, as I hope…

— Vincent Van Gogh

Drawing is the root of everything, and the time spent on that is actually all profit.

— Vincent Van Gogh

What molting time is to birds, so adversity or misfortune is ... for us humans.

— Vincent Van Gogh

I believe I do much better for the time being by first copying some good things than by working without that foundation

— Vincent Van Gogh

“You can live to be old or young, but you'll always have moments when you lose your head.”

— Vincent van Gogh

Occasionally, in times of worry, I've longed to be stylish, but on second thought I say no-just let me be myself-and express…

— Vincent Van Gogh

If we study Japanese art, we see a man who is undoubtedly wise, philosophic and intelligent, who spends his time doing what?…

— Vincent Van Gogh

It may be true that there is no God here, but there must be one not far off, and at such a…

— Vincent Van Gogh

In the fullness of artistic life there is, and remains, and will always come back at times, that homesick longing for the…

— Vincent Van Gogh

I can't change the fact that my paintings don't sell. But the time will come when people will recognize that they are…

— Vincent Van Gogh

However, the painter of the future will be a colorist, such as has never yet existed. Manet was working towards it, but…

— Vincent Van Gogh

But you must love with a sublime , genuine , profound sympathy , with devotion, with intelligence , and you must try…

— Vincent Van Gogh

Painting is like having a bad mistress who spends and spends and it's never enough ... I tell myself that even if…

— Vincent Van Gogh

It must be a good thing to die conscious of having performed some real good, and to know that by this work…

— Vincent Van Gogh

Christ alone, of all the philosophers, magicians, etc., has affirmed eternal life as the most important certainty, the infinity of time, the…

— Vincent Van Gogh

“Well, right now it seems that things are going very badly for me, have been doing so for some considerable time, and…

— Vincent van Gogh

I am an artist... It's self-evident that what that word implies is looking for something all the time without ever finding it…

— Vincent Van Gogh

“…I have a feeling of being at home when I am with Sien, a feeling that she gives me my own hearth,…

— Vincent van Gogh

“It is only right and proper to be moved by the Bible, but present-day reality has so strong a hold over us…

— Vincent van Gogh

I feel such a creative force in me: I am convinced that there will be a time when, let us say, I…

— Vincent Van Gogh

At one time, the earth was supposed to be flat. Well, so it is, even today, from Paris to Asnieres. But that…

— Vincent Van Gogh

If one is master of one thing and understands one thing well, one has at the same time, insight into and understanding…

— Vincent Van Gogh

A weaver who has to direct and to interweave a great many little threads has no time to philosophize about it, but…

— Vincent Van Gogh

I experience a period of frightening clarity in those moments when nature is so beautiful. I am no longer sure of myself,…

— Vincent Van Gogh

Well, I am ploughing on my canvases as they do on their fields (the peasants). It goes badly enough in our profession…

— Vincent Van Gogh

What is true is that I have at times earned my own crust of bread, and at other times a friend has…

— Vincent Van Gogh

Van Gogh was so under appreciated in his time, he sold only one of his 900 paintings while alive. Posthumously, he became…

— Vincent Van Gogh

“Future generations will probably be able to enlighten us on this very interesting subject, and then science itself—with all due respect—may reach…

— Vincent van Gogh

What has changed is that my life then was less difficult and my future seemingly less gloomy, but as far as my…

— Vincent Van Gogh

If you study Japanese art you see a man who is undoubtedly wise, philosophic and intelligent, who spends his time how? In…

— Vincent Van Gogh

There may be a time in life when one is tired of everything and feels as if all one does is wrong,…

— Vincent Van Gogh